Synonyms for either
ˈi ðər, ˈaɪ ðər; ˈi ðər; ˈni ðər; ˈaɪ ðər; ˈnaɪ ðər; aɪei·ther

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1. eitheradverb

   Synonyms:
   too, neither

2. eitherconjunction

   Introduces the first of two options, the second of which is introduced by or.

   Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.

   Synonyms:
   neither, too

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1. either

   All and both are collective; any, each, and every are distributive. Any makes no selection and may not reach to the full limits of all; each and every make no exception or omission, and must extend to all; all sweeps in the units as part of a total, each and every proceed through the units to the total. A promise made to all omits none; a promise made to any may not reach all; a promise made to every one is so made that no individual shall fail to be aware of it; a promise made to each is made to the individuals personally, one by one. Each is thus more individual and specific than every; every classifies, each individualizes. Each divides, both unites; if a certain sum is given to each of two persons, both (together) must receive twice the amount; both must be aware of what has been separately communicated to each; a man may fire both barrels of a gun by a single movement; if he fires each barrel, he discharges them separately. Either properly denotes one of two, indefinitely, to the exclusion of the other. The use of either in the sense of each or both, tho sustained by good authority, is objectionable because ambiguous. His friends sat on either side of the room would naturally mean on one side or the other; if the meaning is on both sides, it would be better to say so.

   Synonyms:
   all, any, both, each, every

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1. either

   Synonyms:
   whichever

   Antonyms:
   neither

Princeton's WordNet

1. eitheradverb

   after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'

   "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"

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1. eithera. pron.

   Synonyms:
   (Appropriately) one or the other (of two)

2. eithera. pron.

   Synonyms:
   (Less authorized) any one (of several)

3. eithera. pron.

   Synonyms:
   (Of doubtful propriety) each (of two), both, one and the other

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "either":

   neither, whether, or, both, nor, any, be, also, is

Suggested Resources

1. Either

   Either vs. Neither -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Either and Neither.

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How to use either in a sentence?

1. David Madden:

   You can't read too much into markets ebbing and flowing in either direction, some traders are going to be sitting on their hands until we hear more from the situation with the U.S. and China.

2. Selahattin Demirtas:

   We have not seen any positive signals from either side ... that this will be an opportunity for resolution, we could have used the coup as an opportunity for the peace process ...but Erdogan does not see this crisis as a way to democratise.

3. Matthew Messina:

   Somehow people have gotten this perception that what happens in the mouth stays in the mouth, kind of like the old Vegas ad,' What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,' and we know that's not true, what happens in the mouth doesn't stay in the mouth either, there's interrelations between the body, overall health and oral health.

4. Carlos Mora:

   I really don't like either of them, but as I have to choose, it has to be Duque, with Petro, I really think we'll end up like Venezuela.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and their envy of those whom either chance or caution hath withheld from it.